A 7-year-old boy died after being struck by a falling ladder truck in an apartment complex in Cheonan, South Korea.
According to police, the boy, identified as A, was injured on the morning of August 26 at around 8:38 a.m. while heading to school. He was trapped under the ladder truck, which had tipped over while parked to transport items from the 11th floor of a 28-story building.
Residents who heard the loud crash rushed to the scene and lifted the ladder to free A, who was then taken to the hospital for treatment but ultimately did not survive.
Police investigations revealed that the workers operating the ladder truck had only secured the stabilizing supports on one side, which led to the accident.
Authorities have arrested two individuals, including the 50-year-old driver of the ladder truck, identified as B, and a 20-year-old foreign worker, C, on charges of negligent homicide. C is reportedly in the country illegally, and B initially misled police during questioning by claiming he had performed all the work, leading to additional charges of concealing a crime.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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